Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 00:45:14 -0700 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 11.0-RELEASE tier level for arm64/aarch64 and the officially built arm/armv6 variants? Message-ID: <13AA43A5-AC5C-4BB0-81BE-3B87C00B0B58@dsl-only.net> In-Reply-To: <332FA120-31E5-4D31-B63E-A0DFDD7DEFC7@dsl-only.net> References: <4076CFFA-7BE2-4E1B-A7E8-08FD8FC27D21@dsl-only.net> <332FA120-31E5-4D31-B63E-A0DFDD7DEFC7@dsl-only.net>
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[Another resend since (A) I forget to list free-arm in the To: the first = time and (B) the second send bounced due to temporary conditions for the = outgoing mail server.] =46rom https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/arm.html : > 32-bit ARM is officially a Tier 2 architecture, as the FreeBSD project = does not provide official releases or pre-built packages for this = platform due to it primarily targeting the embedded arena. However, = FreeBSD/ARM is being actively developed and maintained, is well = supported, and provides an excellent framework for building ARM-based = systems. FreeBSD/arm supports ARMv4 and ARMv5 processors. FreeBSD/armv6 = supports ARMv6 and ARMv7 processors, including SMP on the latter. "does not provide official releases or pre-built packages"? > # uname -apKU > FreeBSD rpi2 11.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE #5 r304943M: Sun = Aug 28 03:17:54 PDT 2016 = markmi@FreeBSDx64:/usr/obj/clang/arm.armv6/usr/src/sys/RPI2-NODBG arm = armv6 1100502 1100502 > # pkg search '.*' | wc > 21349 155540 1596736 Will 11.0-RELEASE change the tier level for any of the specific = arm-armv6 variants that have FreeBSD-11.0-*-arm-armv6-*.img* files = built, such as for RPI2? Even if all the officially built arm-armv6 variants stay tier 2, the = wording on the web page likely needs to be changed because so much is = built and available that the above quote claims is not available. Also from https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/arm.html : > Initial support for 64-bit ARM is complete. 64-bit ARM platforms = follow a set of standard conventions, and a single FreeBSD build will = work on hardware from multiple vendors. As a result, FreeBSD will = provide official releases for FreeBSD/arm64 and packages will be = available. FreeBSD/arm64 is on the path to becoming a Tier 1 = architecture. Will 11.0-RELEASE make arm64/aarch64 Tier 1? [I will note that, while there are no official builds for the Pine64 = family (A64 based) that are under the Allwinner arm activity, the SOC's = involved are Cortex-A53 64-bit arm based. They likely do not fit in the = "standard conventions" or arm64/aarch64 would be where they would have = been supported. Some rewording might be appropriate for the above quote = as well.] =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net
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